By CALVIN WOODWARD (WASHINGTON, AP) — The government churns out tons of numbers, but here’s one you won’t see: 0.0002. That’s the percentage of estimated online visitors to healthcare.gov who… Read more »
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Mo. hog farms to produce biogas
(PRINCETON, Mo., AP) — A Smithfield Foods subsidiary has announced a joint venture to turn hog manure into energy at its farms in northern Missouri. Murphy-Brown of Missouri is providing… Read more »
Kinder focusing on Mo. housing tax credits
(JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., AP) — Lt. Gov. Peter Kinder is preparing to announce efforts to preserve Missouri’s low-income housing tax credits. Kinder was traveling Monday to St. Louis for a… Read more »
Proton radiation now available in St. Louis
(ST. LOUIS, AP) — Proton radiation, designed to get rid of cancerous cells but spare healthy tissue, is now available for the first time in St. Louis. The first use… Read more »
Company to bring 600 jobs to KCI maintenance base
(KANSAS CITY, Mo., AP) — An aviation maintenance and overhaul firm from Washington plans to bring about 600 new jobs to a maintenance base at the Kansas City International Airport,… Read more »
Effort to put KCI changes needs more signatures
(KANSAS CITY, Mo., AP) — A group that is trying to force a public vote on proposed changes to Kansas City International Airport has not yet collected enough signatures to… Read more »
Mo. company prepares to process horse meat
(GALLATIN, Mo., AP) — A small northwest Missouri company has been preparing to slaughter horses for meat after a federal appeals court lifted an emergency stay on U.S. horse slaughter… Read more »
Mo. unemployment rate falls; 15,000 jobs added
(JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., AP) — Missouri’s unemployment rate declined in November while payrolls expanded by 15,000 jobs. The Missouri Department of Economic Development reported Tuesday the jobless rate fell to… Read more »
Vegas developer selling $7.85M mansion for bitcoin
(LAS VEGAS, AP) — A casino owner-turned-commercial developer is asking $7.85 million to sell a Las Vegas home, and he’s willing to accept the online currency bitcoin for the deal…. Read more »
New assistant administrator hired at Veterans Home
(WARRENSBURG, Mo.) – Kameron Wilson, of Clinton, Mo., and former administrator at Windsor Healthcare and Rehab Center, was recently hired as assistant administrator at the Missouri Veterans Home in Warrensburg…. Read more »